Huhu I've been reading Nanoha A's and Nanoha StrikerS mangas and I kinda felt like paying a tribute to the Yagami Family. What started off as a tragic and dangerous incident, ended in one of the sweetest ways knows to humanity ^^ Of course I included Agito as well, since she is already a full-fledged member of this family ^^Hmm... now that I look at Nanoha and her friends at the end of StrikerS (and beginning of Vivid) I think that Nanoha is slowly accumulating her own small but powerful army XD

Thor is one of the oldest known examples of large hammer wielders, but Vita can go up and thrash that pansy because she perfected it.

Coincidentally, I also learned of the series through TVTropes... through the Defeat Means Friendship article. Sadly I haven't been able to find a good site to watch it, especially before my computer stopped playing videos effectively. Because it looked really, really awesome.

[smiles fondly] I found out about Nanoha via Tvtropes as well. I think the thing that really caught my attention was Mama Bear entry about Nanoha and Fate adopting Vivio. Still I got curious and grabbed the first season, it felt a bit... Wrong to watch lolis and the transformation sequences but the father I got the better it was. I'm so grateful to Tvtropes ^^Well... you could grab some torrents... try on BakaBt

Yeah, tropes mentioned something in their YMMV about the premise coming off like that, but showed that it was far from that soon in. The other thing that got me interested in the franchise was the image for Oh Crap trope page (well, it is for the anime part now). In fact, I actually found your deviantart page through tropes displaying a link here through image links.

Friend request via Wave Motion Gun has to be the most awesome way to make friends, especially with the high rate of success.

Yeah fanservice aside it's a really good series and a fun play on the whole Magical Girl franchise. Hehe Oh Crap entry, yes I remember that one fondly, and once you watch the series you will think of that picture fondly too ^^There is a link to my pictures on Tvtropes. I'm famous! XD

Indeed, Nanoha shows no mercy she will befriend you into the hospital XD

Yeah, it's in the image collection for Badass Adorable (or was it Cute Bruiser).

Yeah, from what I am seeing, the only other magical girl that comes close to ridiculous use of firepower is Homura Akemi from PMMM, but it's tricky comparing time stopping and vast swathes of military ordinance (all to nice Faustian undertones) to Nanoha's befriending arsenal.

Although those are the only two in the Magical Girl genre that I like the most due to their unique trope use (you can see TvTropes wrecked my vocabulary a bit).

Her attacks could be named "Badassery Aptitude Test" and not be out of place.

Well we all know that Homura wants to shoot Madoka with her love XD Repeatedly and like a fist of an angry God (reference to certain sexual activity unintended). Not sure if you are familiar with the franchise but Homura is a kinda/sorta expy of Emiya Kiritsugu from Fate/Zero. Both are depressed-looking combat pragmatists that make great use of modern day weaponry and can manipulate time. Both also have ideals that lead to their own destruction.

Yes both series are far removed from typical Mahou Shoujo. Nanoha focuses on catching the attention of older, male viewers while PMMM is a very grim deconstruction of Magical Girl genre...

Indeed you can only survive them if you are badass enough, if you are Worthy of being her slave XD

If there is one anime I truly love, it's the Nanoha series which got me hooked on the term of "magical cannon girl". True badass through magica technology. And if there is one "family" I truly love, it's the Yagami family. A family of true badasses who will stick to each other in thick and thin. I just wish they had more character time in the series, especially in StrikerS. v.v

And as for Reinforce Eins, expect no less from Sanae Kobiyashi, who was Elfen Lied's Lucy. A terrific seiyuu who gives her very best to bring tortured matured characters to life. At least, when it calls for it.

Heh I discovered this series courteousy of Tvtropes. I was looking through the various pages there and ran into Nanoha a couple of times, I got curious about this Badass Mahou Shoujo and gave it a try, what a pleasant surprise that series was ^^ Lots of Yuri, badass and very destructive fights and Lots LOTS of cute girls, especially in StrikerS (not a fan lolis I am ) Did you listen to Sound Stages? The ones for Nanoha A's can really break your heart when it comes to Reinforce T_T

I actually figured out Nanoha in pretty much the same way you did. Surfed TVTropes, clicked on "Defeat Means Friendship", found "Magical Lyrical Nanoha", clicked a link to one of the episodes and the rest was history.

There's a reason why "Nanoha A's" is STILL considered the very best of the series. And yes, I have listened to about half of the complete Sound Stages, X StrikerS with Ixpelia and Subaru being the first one I listened to. It was heartbreaking by the end and I cried manly tears by the time the song "My Friend" started. Yeah... Q_Q

And Reinforce Eins is my favorite character in the series, if not for the sole reason she is voiced by Sanae Kobayashi. She can pull off the "tortured depressive" act very very well. And yes, Sanae indeed was the seiyuu for Lucy. One of her greatest roles ever.

Oh, it's not him? I'm a little bit disappointed. She sounds like a real piece of work, though. She badass enough to beat someone to death with their own skull?

Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nahoha has got some very emotional scenes. Still, in spite of the light-hearted feel, it doesn't really have that much sillyness, which is usually reserved for some of the other sounds stages.

Their own skull ?? She once ripped out a spine&skull out of a dragon-like humanoid and used it as a weapon and her punch can take out vehicles when she is not holding back.

True, well this is the Magical Gundam series so...

Well... I kinda stopped reading it around the time of the fight between Team Nanoha and Huckbeins. I have nothing against the manga Or Touma (I heard fandom hates his guts cause he is a guy ) I have a problem with... well upping the lethality of the series. I'm really fond of the characters and the thought that one of them would die...

I don't like Force. I just can't like it.It's not like I hate the characters, no, I like Touma, but there are some things in it that really piss me off.

The existance of the Dividers and Eclipse disease in the hands of the Huckbein, which turn them into perfect mage killers, sounds too much like a forced contrivance to stop the until now titular characters of the franchise from barely being able to scratch them, when they would surely be stronger than them if not for those factors. I mean, Signum was owning that Huckbein until she activated her Divider! Hacks. hacks hacks hacks....

It is also a convenient excuse to introduce a new hero, that due to the circunstances (possession of Divider Zero) is the only one capable of defeating them. Again, I don't deslike Touma, but the story just seems so forced.

Even with the TSAB being the TSAB, and therefort having alot of shadyness involved in its higher echelons, there is no way anyone would treat the Huckbein as such a minor issue as they've been doing up till now. I mean, they have ANTI-MAGIC, DESTRUCTIVE POWER on the level of their aces, AND they NO QUALMS ABOUT KILLING.

And that's another thing. I fucking hate the Huckbein's attittude, acting like nothing's their fault, and just taking their destinies for granted. Giving in to the path of slaughter as an inevitability isn't surving, it's running!Seriously, I have SO much problems with this manga.

I was trying to make a Motivational Poster "Weapongrade Cuteness" (Hill of swords-inspired)but I couldn't find the right pics.I tried with some pages from eco-rider, but the result wasn't enough, maybe Nanoha...you got an idea?

True enough, a family born of pure unrestrained firepower :-3 No wonder they are friends with Nanoha XD

Smash and Dice'em as some would say and then blow them up with a mini-nuke XD

Yeah she sure is cute, and her voice mhrrrrmmm so soft and soothing, I love Yagami Family because of their heart-breaking backstory, and Reinforce T_T I cried when I learnt about how much she had to suffer and how she loved Hayate

what exactly do you mean by that ?? An evil person who likes killing people... I guess they will Vaporize him XD After all Hayate-chan is often compared to a Tactical Nuke, and her knights spent probably thousands of years fighting, quite often being Really violent and brutal. It's not very safe to mess with Yagami Family